The Hello Someday Podcast For Sober Curious Women

Navigating a toxic relationship with a narcissist is incredibly difficult and it’s easy to start drinking as a coping mechanism to escape.  

You may have a partner who is a narcissist, have grown up with a narcissistic mother or father, or navigating co-parenting your children with a narcissistic ex. 

And if you’re in a relationship with a narcissist and you’re drinking a lot, they will use your drinking as a tool to further confuse and gaslight you, or blame you for situations where they need to take responsibility and make changes.

Quitting drinking is a powerful way to get clarity and take more control in a relationship with a narcissist, whether it’s a parent, sibling, partner or ex. 

I asked Heather Kent, a registered psychotherapist and trauma recovery specialist with an expertise in PTSD, Narcissism, Narcissistic abuse, Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD) and Trauma Recovery to share how she helps women through the process of ending abusive and toxic relationships, and re-building their lives after they have left.

For full show notes and resources mentioned in this episode, head to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/131

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It's my signature sober coaching course for busy women to help you drink less + live more. 

To enroll go to www.sobrietystarterkit.com.

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Therapy for women often focuses on a unique set of challenges experienced by women in their lives and in society. Some mental health issues are much more common in women than in men, some only appear in women, or some mental health issues may affect all genders but impact women differently.

The US Department of Health and Human Services Office on Women’s Health reported that more than 1 in 5 women in the United States experienced a mental health condition in the past year, such as depression or anxiety. And the Mayo Clinic has found that women are nearly twice as likely as men to be diagnosed with depression.

In therapy, women are able to work through how to set healthy boundaries, make a shift in their lives, resolve marital issues, move through divorce or infidelity or change limiting beliefs with confidential support from a trained professional. 

I asked Amanda E. White, founder of Therapy For Women and the popular @therapyforwomen Instagram account to talk about all things women, mental health, disordered eating, alcohol abuse, sobriety and so much more. 

For full show notes and to access resources mentioned in the episode, head to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/130

Ready to drink less + live more?

Take my FREE MASTERCLASS on Five Secrets To Taking a Break From Drinking

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If you’re ready to change your relationship with alcohol join The Sobriety Starter Kit. 

It's my signature sober coaching course for busy women to help you drink less + live more. 

To enroll go to www.sobrietystarterkit.com.

Grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free

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In the book, Big Feelings: How To Be Okay When Things Are Not Okay, Liz Fosslien and her co-author, Mollie West Duffy, examine the seven emotions that are especially hard to overcome: self-doubt, comparison, and anger, as well as burnout, perfectionism, despair, and regret. 

And these are emotions most of us never talk about. Instead, we move through life wondering “What’s wrong with me?” and “Why can’t I handle this like everyone else?”.

The truth is that most women are struggling with these emotions too, quietly and alone, just like you. 

For full show notes and to access resources mentioned in this episode, head to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/128

Ready to drink less + live more?

Take my FREE MASTERCLASS on Five Secrets To Taking a Break From Drinking

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If you’re ready to change your relationship with alcohol join The Sobriety Starter Kit. 

It's my signature sober coaching course for busy women to help you drink less + live more. 

To enroll go to www.sobrietystarterkit.com.

Grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free

Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson

Find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to her website, www.hellosomedaycoaching.com

High-achieving women can struggle to set boundaries. If you’re managing an endless to-do list and many responsibilities you likely have a tendency to over-deliver, over-give, people please and ignore your own needs instead of setting strong boundaries. 

While you may get positive reinforcement from doing all the things for all the people (especially by those who benefit from your over-giving like your boss, colleagues, spouse, kids, family and friends), having poor boundaries is a recipe for burnout (and over drinking). 

In fact, high-achieving women often suffer from perfectionism, imposter syndrome, self-doubt, anxiety and the inability to set healthy boundaries with others. 

Creating healthy boundaries is an important skill to master as you’re quitting drinking and yet it’s something that many women who struggle with alcohol find difficult. 

So I invited Terri Cole to join me on The Hello Someday Podcast to talk about how you can become a boundary boss and honor your own needs and desires.

For full show notes and to access resources mentioned in the episode, head over to www.hellosomeday.com/127

Ready to drink less + live more?

Take my FREE MASTERCLASS on Five Secrets To Taking a Break From Drinking

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If you’re ready to change your relationship with alcohol join The Sobriety Starter Kit. 

It's my signature sober coaching course for busy women to help you drink less + live more. 

To enroll go to www.sobrietystarterkit.com.

Grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free

Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson

Find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to her website, www.hellosomedaycoaching.com

Once you’ve decided to stop drinking it is incredibly helpful to get your family and friends on board to support your sobriety. 

Your loved ones have the ability to make a number of easy changes and small adjustments to support your sobriety and make it so much easier for you to successfully and happily navigate life alcohol-free. 

Your social and physical environment can either be a safe space for you in a boozy world or a source of triggers and temptations. 

One problem you may encounter as you start to change your relationship with alcohol is that often your family and friends have no idea how to support your sobriety. They may unknowingly say or do things that undermine your resolve or sabotage your progress. 

Or some of your family and friends may not want you to stop drinking at all because they also have a complicated relationship with alcohol and fear that your sobriety might impact their own ability to drink.

For full show notes and to access resources mentioned in the episode, head to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/126

Ready to drink less + live more?

Take my FREE MASTERCLASS on Five Secrets To Taking a Break From Drinking

Sign up here to save your seat: https://hellosomedaycoaching.com/class 

If you’re ready to change your relationship with alcohol join The Sobriety Starter Kit. 

It's my signature sober coaching course for busy women to help you drink less + live more. 

To enroll go to www.sobrietystarterkit.com.

Grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free

Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson

Find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to her website, www.hellosomedaycoaching.com

If you’re searching for the best TV shows and movies about addiction and recovery, which realistically depict the nuances, emotions, strengths and struggles of walking away from an addictive substance, they can be hard to find.

When you’re scrolling through broadcast TV, Netflix or Hulu you’ll find that most shows and movies glamorize alcohol and depict it as essential for a good time.

In fact you can find hundreds of powerful, compelling, heartwarming, heartbreaking and funny TV shows and movies about addiction and recovery that will inspire you to change and remind you that you are not alone. 

I asked Alysse Bryson, Founder of the Sober Curator, a resource for those seeking content related to recovery or a zero-proof lifestyle, to join me to share the best TV shows and movies about addiction and recovery.

For full show notes and to access resources mentioned in this episode, head to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/125

Ready to drink less + live more?

Take my FREE MASTERCLASS on Five Secrets To Taking a Break From Drinking

Sign up here to save your seat: https://hellosomedaycoaching.com/class 

If you’re ready to change your relationship with alcohol join The Sobriety Starter Kit. 

It's my signature sober coaching course for busy women to help you drink less + live more. 

To enroll go to www.sobrietystarterkit.com.

Grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free

Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson

Find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to her website, www.hellosomedaycoaching.com

Moderating alcohol is likely your ultimate goal if you’re worried about how much you're drinking on a regular basis. 

You probably don’t want to stop drinking completely, but rather you want to cut back, drink less, drink less often or (what I hear most) you want to “drink like a normal person”. 

And yet most people who love to drink find it incredibly hard to moderate how much alcohol we consume. 

Often we’re able to take a week off, a month off, a few months or not drink at all while pregnant or breastfeeding, but somehow, regardless of how many rules we make, we’ll eventually find ourselves back to consuming more alcohol than we meant to or want to.

The truth is that moderation is an elusive goal that is incredibly hard to achieve for people who have struggled with drinking too much or too often. And it’s because alcohol is an addictive drug. By taking the drug (alcohol) the substance creates the need for another dose (and you drink again). 

So let’s talk about moderation and why it’s hard to moderate your alcohol consumption.

For full show notes and to access resources mentioned in this episode, head to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/124

Ready to drink less + live more?

Take my FREE MASTERCLASS on Five Secrets To Taking a Break From Drinking

Sign up here to save your seat: https://hellosomedaycoaching.com/class 

If you’re ready to change your relationship with alcohol join The Sobriety Starter Kit. 

It's my signature sober coaching course for busy women to help you drink less + live more. 

To enroll go to www.sobrietystarterkit.com.

Grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free

Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson

Find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to her website, www.hellosomedaycoaching.com

Alcohol advertising spending is set to hit 6 billion dollars in 2023 with the advertising of alcohol to women as a key industry focus for the last 60 years.

On the podcast today we’re talking about the advertising of alcohol to women with Jean Kilbourne. Jean is internationally recognized for her groundbreaking work on the image of women in advertising and for her critical studies of alcohol and tobacco advertising.

In her film, Deadly Persuasion, Jean exposes the manipulative marketing strategies and tactics used by the tobacco and alcohol industries to keep Americans hooked on their products. 

The goal of alcohol advertisers is to sell more than beverages.

For full show notes and to access resources mentioned in this episode, head to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/123

Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson

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Hitting 100 days of sobriety is a huge milestone to be celebrated.  

In your first 30 days sober you might struggle with poor sleep and cravings to drink. It’s common to feel incredibly tired in your first month sober, irritated and rageful. You’re going through physical withdrawal from an addictive substance in a world where it’s all around you.

In your second month of sobriety, you’ll feel much better physically, emotionally and mentally. The days will pass more quickly and you’ll develop other interests and habits that aren’t centered around alcohol. You’ll sleep better and have more energy and feel more optimistic.

Once you pass the 60 Day sobriety milestone and move to 100 Days alcohol-free you’ll be stronger and more confident in your decision to not drink. Talking to people about how you feel now that you’re not drinking will be easier. And people around you will notice the physical changes in your face, skin and body now that you’re not ingesting ethanol on a regular basis. 

Today, I'm sharing my diary of early sobriety from Day 60 to Day 100 through the emails I wrote to my sober coach each day. 

For full show notes and to access resources mentioned in the episode, head to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/122

Ready to drink less + live more?

Take my FREE MASTERCLASS on Five Secrets To Taking a Break From Drinking

Sign up here to save your seat: https://hellosomedaycoaching.com/class 

If you’re ready to change your relationship with alcohol join The Sobriety Starter Kit. 

It's my signature sober coaching course for busy women to help you drink less + live more. 

To enroll go to www.sobrietystarterkit.com.

Grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free

Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson

Find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to her website, www.hellosomedaycoaching.com

Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle by Amelia and Emily Nagoski is a book for every woman who has felt overwhelmed and exhausted by everything she has to do, and yet is still worried that she’s not doing enough. Which basically describes every woman I know. 

As an ex-red wine girl, the first story of a woman experiencing burnout felt all too familiar. 

Amelia and Emily describe Julie, a middle school teacher whose “burnout had reached an intensity where merely the anticipation of the start of the first semester had activated a level of dread that left her reaching for the box of Chardonnay by 2pm”. They note, “Nobody likes to think of their kids’ middle school teacher as burned out, embittered, and day-drinking, but she’s not alone.”

To access full show notes and resources mentioned in the episode, head to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/121

Here are 3 ways I can help you drink less + live more

Take my FREE MASTERCLASS on Five Secrets To Successfully Take a Break From Drinking (even if you’ve tried and failed in the past)

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Join The Sobriety Starter Kit, my signature sober coaching course for busy women. In it you’ll learn the step-by-step framework, strategies + tools you need to change your relationship with alcohol. To enroll go to www.sobrietystarterkit.com.

Grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free

Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson

Find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to her website, www.hellosomedaycoaching.com